Author Topic: And then they go vote..... (Read 235 times)

Otto · « **on:** May 30, 2002, 01:40:12 PM »

Thursday, May 30, 2002

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — You can get three-quarters of the answers wrong and still pass this test.

Palm Beach County high school students taking a new history exam this week need to answer just 23 of 100 multiple-choice questions correctly to pass.

To get an A, they need to get just over half the answers right. A B grade requires only 39 correct answers.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,54057,00.html

MrBill · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2002, 09:07:22 AM »

Teaching our children to be dumb as dirt ... but they "FEEL" good about themselves, good grief!

midnight Target · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2002, 09:16:25 AM »

If that is how the test is set-up, this may be much ado about nothing.

Nifty · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2002, 10:23:23 AM »

The reason is because the district knows damn well that all the time is spent training the kids to do well on the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) which is solely testing math and reading (oh, and writing in like 3 of the grade levels.) You can't really blame the schools though. The FCAT scores determine funding for the schools.

Tac · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2002, 10:33:23 AM »

Dont know what the problem is. After all, every young floridian's dream is to LEAVE florida.

This is just one of the sneaky ways the state manages to keep its population

Eagler · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2002, 12:30:18 PM »

what r u worried about?

We have touch screen voting in our dumber counties now